News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Frank Miles, III (32, Rockledge) to 30 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and for possessing child pornography. The court also ordered Miles to forfeit the electronic devices he had used to commit the offenses, and to pay a $5,000 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: A 15-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Toledo man with trafficking heroin, cocaine and fentanyl analogues.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Longtime Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Admitted Lying to FBI About Disclosing Information to Reporter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a businessman on tax evasion charges for allegedly scheming to evade personal income taxes for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and James D. Robnett, IRS Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office, announced today that following an eight week trial, a federal jury has convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today the seizure of an internet domain associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against a Pennsylvania man who facilitated the computer attack platform. This case was brought as part of an FBI investigation that led to the seizure of 15 websites, resulting in criminal charges filed from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the District of Alaska and the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A nine-count indictment was unsealed today after the arrests of Heidi Phong, 36, of Elk Grove, and Zhen Shang Lin, 37, of Riverside, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Dewayne Thomas Farmer, 34, of Richmond, Kentucky, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearms in furtherance of the drug distribution, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Inland Empire man was sentenced this morning to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle rifle scopes and other tactical gear to Syria in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and sanctions imposed on Syria by the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury of all criminal charges for his role in planning and participating in the armed robbery of two jewelry stores in the Las Vegas community in January 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced David Harris Lavine, age 58, of Rockville, Maryland, today to three years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for bank fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the financial institution, where he served...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Contact: Mary Plumb, National Park Service, 928-608-6202.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN -Michael Beamish, 27, of Obion County has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for solicitation and enticement of a minor for sexual activity. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years on each of Counts 1-4 to be served concurrently and seven years on Count 5; to be served consecutive with Counts 1-4 for a total of 22 years’ imprisonment on his conviction of five counts of violating federal bank robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today that a Colombian national made his initial appearance in federal court in Pittsburgh today on charges related to his alleged role in the robbery of a traveling jewelry salesmen outside a jewelry store in Wexford, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-Pryor resident Gary Duke Carlson was sentenced on Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting and strangling a woman, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nicholas Easton, 29, entered his guilty plea before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI, the Parkersburg Police Department, and the Parkersburg Narcotics and Violent Crime Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OLUKAYODE IBRAHIM LAWAL, 36, a citizen of Nigeria last residing in Smyrna, Georgia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to obtain the personal identifying information of school employees in Connecticut and elsewhere.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow applauded the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill after President Trump signed the bill into law. Stabenow co-authored the bill as Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced by Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber for illegally possessing firearms, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
